A Month of Beauty: Bright Lips, Day 19

In my world, the words "lipstick" and "makeup" hardly ever cross my mind. When I gave up my career as a ballet dancer four years ago, I also swapped out my quite overdone, clownish stage makeup for a more natural, everyday look. So out the window went all of my bright red and pink lip shades (oh yeah, and the eyeliner, eyeshadow, and blush too).

So when Dawn asked me to be the next candidate for this bright lipstick challenge, I actually laughed in her face (oops!). How could I possibly pull off a bright lip hue? Aside from daring neon nail polish, my daily look barely ventures outside the basic colors of black, white, gray, and blue (a girl has to wear denim). However, I guess it's time to step outside of my comfort zone because shockingly, it turns out that I could actually get used to wearing Paula Dorf's peachy pink lip shade, Bosa Nova. It added just the right amount of color to my post-snowday look. Who knows... Maybe next week I will show up to work with eye shadow on, too.

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